seeking degree planning advice in Cybersecurity Bachelors for High School Student

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As an Ohio resident, I would look at going with Franklin University.  They will take all those credits your son earn in high school, plus they accept ACE (and I think NCCRS although you can't quote me on that).  They also have a 3+1 program with 237 CC's in 30 states - I'm guessing they have one with your son's local CC.

I'm guessing that with the 3 years it will take to earn the credit during high school, he won't be able to get his bachelor's then as well - but he'll certainly be further along than everyone else.  I think if you can have him earn his GE and Free Electives during high school, and take a few of the major courses at the CC, then he could probably finish in a year or so though.

Check to see if your school is here, and if so, get the transfer guide so you take all the right classes: https://www.franklin.edu/transferring-cr...er-schools

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UMPI is not an option, as he has to be 20.  WGU is not a great option for someone without much experience; CBE is about time and getting through courses as quickly as possible, while as a newbie, time is what you need to spend on courses where you're actually learning a lot of info for the first time.  We don't generally recommend them for young students at all.

@dfrecore This is good advice. I think that getting a combination of RA CC credits and ACE credits a cheap source like Sophia/Study.com is a good idea. I noted that a local CC, Eastern Gateway Community College will either provide free College Credit Plus credits while a student is in High School or a free Associates degree to recent graduates. Eastern Gateway also have a 3 + 1 program where the student can pay CC level tuition or transfer in about 90 credits which is pretty generous. The online Cybersecurity Bachelor's is about $400 a credit hour so about $12k for the cost of the degree. I am also going to look at public universities as well like Ohio State, University of Cincinnati, Wright State, and Kent State. All of these programs at about 1 year of tuition is like roughly $9-12k not including any financial aid he might get.

 SNHU also appears to be pretty affordable at about $320 per credit hour and you can transfer up to 90 credits into the program